The location is fantastic and there’s an Adventure Center on sight that helped us make plans for our visit. Easy to walk around and see wildlife. Food is buffet style and pretty good.

Jennifer,
United States of America

The location and coffee were amazing and the hotel staff was incredibly friendly and sweet - always smiling. Please stay that way!

Alero,
United States of America

Great food and beverage options, the best on our entire trip in Namibia

David,
Australia

The location and the staff/service was excellent

Anonymous,
United States of America

Very nice modern room and bathroom with Aircon, a must at 45 degrees.
Very good evening meal Buffet style. Your choice of meat cooked for you on open fires. A choice of 8/10 wild game meats as well as lamb and beef.

Mike,
South Africa

Beds a comfortable and I liked everything except why I mentioned below...

Petrus,
Namibia

The location and facilities and staff are first class

Paula,
South Africa

The location is right outside the entrance to Sossusvlei, next to the car workshop that can help to inflate-deflate the tires of you drive-in yourself. The buffet is great with so many selection also for vege! Staff was helpful and polite. Love the bathtub. After the climbing the dunes under the summer heat, it’s amazing to be able to relax in the bathtub

Claudio,
Namibia

Really luxurious accomodation that was fitting with the cost of the lodge .
Located just outside entry into Sossuslvlei for early start to see the dunes .
Buffet and BBQ in the evenings were amazing with every possible game meat available to try and so many food options available.

Sossusvlei Lodge
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8.8

Excellent

377 reviews

9.4

Excellent location!

Great neighborhood

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Great neighborhood

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On-site restaurant

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Very clean bathrooms

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Great check-in experience

Great neighborhood

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On-site restaurant

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What guests loved the most:

“The location is fantastic and there’s an Adventure Center on sight that helped us make plans for our visit. Easy to walk around and see wildlife. Food is buffet style and pretty good.”

Jennifer
United States of America

“The location and coffee were amazing and the hotel staff was incredibly friendly and sweet - always smiling. Please stay that way!”

Alero
United States of America

“Great food and beverage options, the best on our entire trip in Namibia”

David
Australia

“The location and the staff&#47;service was excellent”

United States of America

“Very nice modern room and bathroom with Aircon, a must at 45 degrees.
Very good evening meal Buffet style. Your choice of meat cooked for you on open fires. ”

Mike
South Africa

“Beds a comfortable and I liked everything except why I mentioned below...”

Petrus
Namibia

“The location and facilities and staff are first class”

Paula
South Africa

“The location is right outside the entrance to Sossusvlei, next to the car workshop that can help to inflate-deflate the tires of you drive-in yourself. ”

Claudio
Namibia

“Really luxurious accomodation that was fitting with the cost of the lodge .
Located just outside entry into Sossuslvlei for early start to see the dunes .
”

Bethwyn
Australia

“Food was amazing, so many choices. Staff were amazing”

Cla-ouise
South Africa

Towering over the red sand dunes of the Namib Desert, this 4-star lodge offers an outdoor pool and a dining terrace overlooking a floodlit waterhole. Its bar serves cocktails and South Africa’s finest wine. Free WiFi access is available at reception.

The air-conditioned, tented rooms at Sossusvlei Lodge feature private patios and individual bathrooms stocked with toiletries. Each has a work desk and an electric kettle.

Guests can choose between continental and full English breakfast, with scrambled eggs, omelets and sausages cooked to order. Lunch and dinner buffets include fresh salads, grilled meat and an extensive selection of desserts.

The Sossusvlei offers a souvenir shop with books, African jewelry and clothing. There is also a reading room with a fireplace and an adventure center, which can organize nature drives, hot air balloon rides and more.

Couples in particular like the location – they rated it 9.5 for a two-person trip.

House Rules
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Check-in

2:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Check-out

6:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Cancellation/
prepayment

Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to accommodations type.
Please enter the dates of your stay and check what conditions apply to your preferred room.

Children and Extra Beds

All children are welcome.

The maximum number of extra beds/cribs in a room is 1.

No age restriction

There's no age requirement for check-in

Pets

Pets are not allowed.

Cards accepted at this property

Sossusvlei Lodge accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.

Sossusvlei Lodge accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.

The Fine Print

Please inform Sossusvlei Lodge of your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly using the contact details in your confirmation.

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What guests loved the most:

“The location is fantastic and there’s an Adventure Center on sight that helped us make plans for our visit. Easy to walk around and see wildlife. Food is buffet style and pretty good.”

JenniferUnited States of America

“The location and coffee were amazing and the hotel staff was incredibly friendly and sweet - always smiling. Please stay that way!”

AleroUnited States of America

“Great food and beverage options, the best on our entire trip in Namibia”

DavidAustralia

“The location and the staff/service was excellent”

AnonymousUnited States of America

“Very nice modern room and bathroom with Aircon, a must at 45 degrees.
Very good evening meal Buffet style. Your choice of meat cooked for you on open fires. A choice of 8/10 wild game meats as well as lamb and beef.”

MikeSouth Africa

“Beds a comfortable and I liked everything except why I mentioned below...”

PetrusNamibia

“The location and facilities and staff are first class”

PaulaSouth Africa

“The location is right outside the entrance to Sossusvlei, next to the car workshop that can help to inflate-deflate the tires of you drive-in yourself. The buffet is great with so many selection also for vege! Staff was helpful and polite. Love the bathtub. After the climbing the dunes under the summer heat, it’s amazing to be able to relax in the bathtub ”

ClaudioNamibia

“Really luxurious accomodation that was fitting with the cost of the lodge .
Located just outside entry into Sossuslvlei for early start to see the dunes .
Buffet and BBQ in the evenings were amazing with every possible game meat available to try and so many food options available.”

It's an awesome location in the middle of the desert. Very beautiful. BUT👿 the hotel management is extremely unfriendly, if not rude! Check out is set at 10 am while the guests basically return to the hotel at about midday after the desert sunrise tour as main attraction there. The front desk lady sharply requested us to clear the room NOW (295 USD per night!) and take a shower by the pool, 40c outside....

Location, rooms, food

Stayed in January 2019

Reviewed: January 15, 2019

Mike

South Africa

9.6

“Wonderful stay in the heart of the desert.”

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• Superior Twin Room

• Stayed 3 nights

All good

Very nice modern room and bathroom with Aircon, a must at 45 degrees.
Very good evening meal Buffet style. Your choice of meat cooked for you on open fires. A choice of 8/10 wild game meats as well as lamb and beef.

Stayed in January 2019

Reviewed: January 13, 2019

Petrus

Namibia

9.2

“I enjoyed climbing dunnes...It was a good experience!!!”

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• Standard Twin Room

• Stayed 2 nights

• Submitted from a mobile device

I didn’t like the smell in the bathroom..I suspected the drainage system...No clothes irons, no Tv and no internet...

Beds a comfortable and I liked everything except why I mentioned below...

Location is not the best as it is still outside the gate. During the summer, I would suggest to stay inside so that you can start to drive in to the dunes (if you wish to climb) earlier to start climbing and enjoying the sunrise. Staying outside, meaning that you can only enter after 6am once the gate open, and that would be abit late to climb Big daddy, deadvlei, 45... A’s it get very hot very quickly (still very doable but less pleasant due to the heat)

The location is right outside the entrance to Sossusvlei, next to the car workshop that can help to inflate-deflate the tires of you drive-in yourself. The buffet is great with so many selection also for vege! Staff was helpful and polite. Love the bathtub. After the climbing the dunes under the summer heat, it’s amazing to be able to relax in the bathtub

Stayed in December 2018

Reviewed: January 3, 2019

Bethwyn

Australia

9.2

“Luxurious oasis in the desert”

• Leisure trip

• Family with young children

• Superior Twin Room

• Stayed 2 nights

Would have liked a complimentary bottle of water in the room rather than having to buy this or boil water.
Option of hot air ballooning over the dunes at dawn was appealing but too expensive for us to consider

Really luxurious accomodation that was fitting with the cost of the lodge .
Located just outside entry into Sossuslvlei for early start to see the dunes .
Buffet and BBQ in the evenings were amazing with every possible game meat available to try and so many food options available.

Stayed in December 2018

Reviewed: January 3, 2019

Cla-ouise

South Africa

10

Exceptional

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• Superior Twin Room

• Stayed 1 night

Food was amazing, so many choices. Staff were amazing

Stayed in December 2018

Reviewed: January 1, 2019

Norma

South Africa

8.3

Very Good

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• Standard Twin Room

• Stayed 1 night

no view

The food were excellent

Stayed in December 2018

Reviewed: December 23, 2018

Madeline

United Kingdom

1 helpful vote

10

“Beautiful setting.”

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• Superior Twin Room

• Stayed 5 nights

• Submitted from a mobile device

Tour guide excellent, all staff courteous.

Stayed in December 2018

Reviewed: December 20, 2018

Karla

Ireland

11 helpful votes

10

Exceptional

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• Standard Twin Room

• Stayed 1 night

• Submitted from a mobile device

I Miss a mirror in the room but I could handle with the one in the bathroom ;)

The location is perfect, very close to the gate! Staff are nice, wonderful dinner and breakfast, tea/coffee facilities, excellent view from my room !

Stayed in December 2018

Reviewed: December 6, 2018

Peter

South Africa

9.2

“Great place, but unfortunate room availability misdirection. ”

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• Junior Suite with Private Splash Pool

• Stayed 3 nights

• Submitted from a mobile device

On initially phoning Taleni, the owners, they said there were no rooms available for the dates we requested. We then sourced a room through Booking.com, who said they only had one room available, the premium room at double the normal room rate. We took it at great expense, to find the lodge virtually empty for our stay, so somebody was misrepresenting room availability to ensure we took the very expensive room.

Very comfortable place close to all sights.

Stayed in December 2018

Reviewed: November 24, 2018

Rebecca

Lithuania

9.6

“Expensive but worth it.”

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• Superior Twin Room

• Stayed 2 nights

• Submitted from a mobile device

Could be more tourist information about the natural environment and history of the region.

Professional staff. Exceptional diner.

Stayed in November 2018

Reviewed: November 23, 2018

Sara

Canada

3 helpful votes

8.8

Excellent

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• Standard Twin Room

• Stayed 1 night

• Submitted from a mobile device

Very basic room for the price

Great location
Excellent food
Nice staff

Stayed in November 2018

Reviewed: November 16, 2018

DinoG

Netherlands

Age group: 25 – 34

1 helpful vote

9.6

“Lovely and serene”

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• Superior Twin Room

• Stayed 2 nights

• Submitted from a mobile device

The lunch option was poor, especially for the price

The staff were friendly and accommodating. Always polite.
The location of the lodge was convenient close to the national park.

Stayed in November 2018

Reviewed: November 11, 2018

Dianne

United Kingdom

8.3

“Great location for Sossusvlei, rooms good, restaurant poor”

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• Standard Twin Room

• Stayed 2 nights

• Submitted from a mobile device

Some waitresses were offhand and rude at breakfast and dinner
Large numbers of people at breakfast and dinner (coach parties used the hotel) meant it was very crowded
Buffet meals - food was well prepared but didn’t seem to be topped up for those arriving for dinner later, so there was very little left. Also it was cold eating at tables outside (no seating inside for dinner).

Very modern and clean.
Large comfortable room.
Location excellent for visiting Sossusvlei
Reception staff and some waiters were helpful

Stayed in November 2018

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